Author Guide

 

Dear researchers

 

Greetings and Regards;

 

Informs that in order to submit an article, it is necessary to register and complete the information, only through the journal system. After registration, log in with your username and password and upload your article in the article submission section. Before sending, you need to adjust your article using the following guide.

 

Note: Articles that are not in the framework of this policy will not be included in the judging process.

 

Essay writing guide

 

A- Appearance characteristics

 

The volume of the article (including all pages including the title, abstract, body, conclusion and sources) should be at least 6000 and at most 7000 words and in A4 size.

The margin of the article should be adjusted 3 cm from the left and right and 3 cm from the top and bottom.

The Farsi abstract of the article should be sent in about 250 words along with the extended English abstract in about 1000 to 1200 words and the quality of the translation that can be published. Translation through Google translator and the like is not acceptable.

In research articles, abstracts should be arranged in four sections: background and objectives, method, findings and conclusions, and in review articles, in four sections: objective, background, method, general and key results.

The number of keywords is between 5 and 7 words or a combination of words. The order of the words should be alphabetical.

 

Very important point: keywords are those words and phrases that, if we search for them in information sources, provide us with material related to the article. The correct choice of these words increases the reference to the article; therefore, it is necessary for respected authors to be careful in choosing these words.

 

Footnotes are inserted through automatic numbering and sequentially on each page (combined button (CTRL+ALT+F) and should not be numbered manually under any circumstances.

Except for the introduction, conclusion and sources, avoid mentioning titles such as chapter, section, speech, etc.

The title of any section should not be the same as the title of the article.

The conclusion of the article should not be a summary of the mentioned contents and should explain the result of the study and provide appropriate suggestions.

Research articles should include the main title, abstract, introduction, background, method, findings, discussion and conclusion, contributions of authors, thanks and appreciation, conflict of interest and sources and, if needed, a number of sub-headings. Review articles should include the main title, abstract, introduction, topics related to the topic, discussion and conclusion, contributions of authors, thanks and appreciation, conflict of interest and sources.

All articles must be typed with one line of space between the lines with Word software and uploaded to the journal system along with its PDF file. It should be noted that all the stages of article review and follow-up will be done through the publication's website.

The article should be prepared and arranged in a single column.

Avoid using Latin words and terms that have common Persian equivalents. If necessary, the English equivalent of the words should be inserted as a footnote.

The conclusion section should be very short and only contain the results extracted from the article itself and its explanation. It means to refrain from mentioning any results that have been presented before in other articles and also from mentioning the reasons for the results obtained in this research. The publication reserves the right to remove irrelevant and extra content from the conclusion section. C- Guide to page layout and numbering

 

In setting up the pages of the article, the following points should be observed:

 

1) Headings and sub-headings should be right-aligned, and the title of the article, the title of the figures, and the title of the tables should be centered.

 

2) All tables, figures and mathematical relationships should be centered and the main text should be self-aligned.

 

D- Guide on how to refer in the text

 

The way of referencing in Farhangian University publications is APA style

Books:

 

Dashti, M. (2016). Teaching Enthusiasm. Tehran: Farhangian University. [In Persian] (one author)

 

Cargill, O., Charvat, W., & Walsh, D. D. (1966). The Publication of Academic Writing. New York: Modern Language Association. (two or more authors)

 

articles:

 

Rutherford, B. J. (2006). Reading disability and hemispheric interaction on a lexical decision task. Brain and Cognition, 60, 55-6 (one author). DOI/DOR:

 

Note: It is necessary to mention dor/doi at the end of the references of each article.

 

Vafaie, A. A., Chalak, S. (2013). Astarabadi System and Indian Style. Quarterly Journal of Persian Language and Literature, 5(15), 147-167. [In Persian]. DOI/DOR: (two or more authors)

 

Dissertation:

 

Afzali, A. (2015). Investigating the naturalistic contexts of the story of Alavia Khanum by Sadegh Hedayat and comparing it with Nana by Emil Zola. University of Guilan, Dissertation in MA in Literature, Faculty of Literature. [In Persian]

 

Translation:

 

Bronowski, J. (2000). Western Intellectual Tradition: From Leonardo to Hegel, Translated by Leila Sazgar. Tehran: Agah publications. [In Persian]

 

Website:

 

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year, month, day [if provided]). Title of the page. Site name [if different to the author]. Retrieved from https://xxxxx

 

Quran verses:

 

(Name or Surah number/Verse number)

 

important points:

 

1- Preferably, 80% of the sources should be related to the last three years.

 

2- It is necessary to refer to at least three articles of this publication in the article.

 

1. e) The structure of the article

 

1. A) The title of the article: should be as short as possible, descriptive, free of abbreviations and should not exceed 12 words considering the sub-title.

 

1. b) Name of the author (authors): under the title of the article, the name of the author or authors and their organizational affiliation should be stated according to the format of the publication. Only the email address of the responsible author is written in the specified section on the first page. It is preferable for the responsible author to be a member of the faculty and to send the article through his academic email. Please refrain from mentioning academic rank such as assistant professor, associate professor, etc., or titles such as doctor, engineer, etc.

 

Along with the main file of the article, a separate file with the author's profile should be sent, which includes the following: name, surname, level of education, position (academic position and not job) of the author, address, contact number and email.

The submitted article must be uploaded without the authors' details.

After submitting the article in the system, it is not possible to change the responsible author and the order of the authors of the article at any stage.

 

1. c) Abstract: include a short statement of the problem, the main ideas and methods used. Abstract should include background and objectives, method and materials, findings and conclusions. It is necessary to mention the most important results and innovations obtained in the abstract. In the abstract section, reference to the equation or references of the article should not be given.

 

1. d) Introduction: It should include a description of the problem, a complete review of past related activities and researches, and finally mention the objectives of the research. The division of this section should be adjusted according to the format of the publication. Therefore, it is necessary to integrate titles such as "Research Necessity", "Research Objectives" or "Research Background" in the "Introduction" section. Also, innovation and research objectives should be stated briefly and clearly at the end of the introduction, and repetition of the contents in different parts of the article should be avoided. In the background section of the research, do not include the titles of reviewed articles or books, the year of publication and the first name of the authors of the work.

 

1. e) Method: It should include the description of the research method, research questions, statistical population and sample, research process, research tools and how to solve the problem (or statistical analysis) accurately.

 

1. f) Mathematical relations: written with Math Type software and numbered in order and written as follows:

 

(1) πr2

 

6. g) Figures and tables: The original figures and tables should be prepared within 16 cm. The description of these items should also be prepared in a suitable size and should be numbered in a specific way, with the superscript for the tables and the subscript for the figures and diagrams. Figures, charts and large tables should be paged in text form at the beginning or end of the page and in such a way that the text of the article is either at the beginning or at the end of the page. The way to prepare the tables is based on the APA template, version 6. Therefore, it is necessary to make all the vertical lines of the table invisible. Horizontal lines are visible only at the top and bottom of the table.
7. h) Findings: It should include graphs and tables obtained from the research, discussion and reasoning on the results and innovations, as well as discussion on the validation of the obtained results.

 

1. I) Discussion and conclusion: It should include a brief retelling of the issues raised in the article, re-attention and discussion of the most important results, and finally a brief and useful summary. The explanation of the findings, the comparison of the findings with the results of other researches and finally the presentation of practical and research proposals are considered in this section.

 

11. j) References: References are listed alphabetically and in English at the end of the article. Sources that have been translated from Persian to English must be mentioned at the end of each phrase [In Persian]. Each source must be used at least once in the text of the article. Avoid using additional sources that are not mentioned in the text. The specifications of each source should be mentioned in full and in the standard format (APA) and should be typed in thin Times New Roman font with size 11.

 

- Required files for registering the article in the system

 

The original file of the article (without authors' names) in Word format

The original file of the article (with the authors' names) in Word format

Conflict of interest form

Authors' commitment form

Used resource file

Authors profile file

English extended abstract

 

Important note: If the referee asks the author to send items such as questionnaires, data files and similar items, the author is required to send the attachments according to the opinion of the referee.

 

Authors' ethical commitment form

 

Authors' conflict of interest form

 

Writers Guide

 

Articles format

Font size and Type of the Font  

The authors of the articles should write according to the table below

Persian title	B Nazanin	14	Bold
English title	Times New Roman	13	Bold
Persian name and Last name	B Nazanin	12	Bold italics
English name and Last name	Times New Roman	10	Bold italics
Organizational affiliation of Persian writers	B Nazanin	10	thin italics
Organizational affiliation of  English writers	Times New Roman	10	thin italics
Email	Times New Roman	9	thin italics
Main title	B Nazanin	13	Bold
Subheadings	B Nazanin	12	Thin
Abstract text and  Persian keywords	B Nazanin	10	Thin
Abstract text and English keywords	Times New Roman	10	Thin
Main title	B Nazanin	12	Thin
In-text references in English	Times New Roman	10	Thin
Persian title of table and figure	B Nazanin	11	Bold
English title of table and figure	Times New Roman	10	Bold
English text inside the table and figure	Times New Roman	9	Thin
Persian text inside the table and figure	B Nazanin	10	Thin
English sources and references	Times New Roman	11	Thin

 

 

 

 

 

 

To refer to the sources in the text of the article, it is necessary to do as follows;

	English Source article (Alavi, 2014) One Author (Alavi & Ghasemi, 2014) Two Author (Alavi et al, 2014)   More than two author